On 25 May, 15:58, "Recliner" wrote:

There were even jokes about how London should
have sub-contracted the 2012 Olympics to Paris, once we realised just
how much it was going to cost, with British spectators who turned up at
Stratford being whisked directly across the Channel.

It may have been intended as a joke, but it sounds like a very good
idea to me. The French actually wanted the Games; it's difficult to
find anybody in this country who did.